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hootonandgeorge--betweenputinandgeorgew.bush on missile defense. altogether, russia took part in 16 g summit meetings. 1998 in birmingham was the first summit with russia as a full member. issues included the economic crisis in asia and the fight against organized crime. 2014 was the last g8 summit with a russian president. at that time they were no longer merely a tolerated guest but a power with its own resources and agenda. reflecting the various regional interests of the participants. melinda: johannes leithauser know summit where the russian -- no summit there where the russian presence made a difference? mr. leithauser: i would not say that he made a huge difference in a way that the world was shaped in a different way after than before. if you look at these pictures, you get the impression of how staged these events are in general. i just noticed that the german chancellor is always wearing a green jacket. i would like to place a bet. melinda: maybe she didn't bring a big suitcase? mr. posener:mr. leithauser: she knew that there were no talks in danger of being lon

hooton and george -- between putin and george w. bush on missile defense. altogether, russia took part in 16 g summit meetings. 1998 in birmingham was the first summit with russia as a full member. issues included the economic crisis in asia and the fight against organized crime. 2014 was the last g8 summit with a russian president. at that time they were no longer merely a tolerated guest but a power with its own resources and agenda. reflecting the various regional interests of the...

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? >> absolutely. i think that one of the reasons was that hegotgeorgebushon his side at the time.andgeorgebushbeing america had more to say than margaret thatcher. but that said, i think what's left without doubt, we have now the best germany that's ever been as a result of helmut kohlhl. and arguably the best europe. so those are two big things that helmut kohl has done. but then we come to the fine detail and the situation now. and a lot of things have gone wrong. but basically i think is a starting point, wewe have those two things. melinda: those two things were deeply linked in the mind of helmut kohl himself. we have a quote from him that pretty much sums up the words that he used to convince the skeptics when it came t to germ unification. >> let us be good neighbors and dependable partners. let us remain german europeans and european germans. then we'll have good prospects for a future in peace and freedom. melinda: alan posner, you said in your opening statement that chancellor kohl squandered -- sorry. you said that chancellor merkel squandered kohl's legacy. she was in fact me

? >> absolutely. i think that one of the reasons was that he got george bush on his side at the time. and george bush being america had more to say than margaret thatcher. but that said, i think what's left without doubt, we have now the best germany that's ever been as a result of helmut kohlhl. and arguably the best europe. so those are two big things that helmut kohl has done. but then we come to the fine detail and the situation now. and a lot of things have gone wrong. but basically...

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of the village where he'd initially been the enemy.reporter:georgecarsonremembers the german as a friendly older gentleman who always enjoyed coming back to heinrich george: heinrich always said thatate was veryry, very gd d td not, say, the austraralians or e cananadians. he migight not havave fared quio well had he been captured byby somebody e else. and d it probably y saved his . he said himself that he might not have survived the war otherwrwise, had h he not been captured when he was. reporter: heinrich steinmeyer was 19 years old and in the notorious s.s. when a scottish battalion took him prisoner in normandy in 1944. he was taken to the cultybraggan camp on the edge of the highlands, which held 4000 prisoners of war. at firstst, the villagers were wary of their neighbors. these were men representing the nazi regime that the allies were fighting against, and which at one point had threatened to invade britain. but some of the p.o.w.'s would soon win the villagers' trust. laura: when they got off t the train, t they sang. and this c caused a great feelg of -- well, , they'r

of the village where he'd initially been the enemy. reporter: george carson remembers the german as a friendly older gentleman who always enjoyed coming back to heinrich george: heinrich always said thatate was veryry, very gd d td not, say, the austraralians or e cananadians. he migight not havave fared quio well had he been captured byby somebody e else. and d it probably y saved his . he said himself that he might not have survived the war otherwrwise, had h he not been captured when he...